Splendors and Glooms Diane C. McPhail designed to entertain and surprise

designed to entertain and surprise with its vibrant graphics and intriguing concept

Each realm’s curse is uniquely wicked

change her life for ever

AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER

comes an exquisitely dark comedy that is both literary and irreverent

Splendors and Glooms Diane C. McPhail designed to entertain and surpriseA brooding, Dickensian novel with a touch of fantasy and a glimmer of hope. . . . As mysterious and timeless as a fairy tale. Booklist (starred review) Laura Amy Schlitzs Newbery Honorwinning Victorian gothic is a rich banquet of dark comedy, scorching magic, and bewitching storytelling. Clara Wintermute, the only child of a wealthy doctor, invites master puppeteer Grisini to entertain at her birthday party. When Clara vanishes that night, suspicion